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Malicious package

trongridpermPyPI

Advisory published Updated

trongridperm is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2025-41789) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 0.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in trongridperm (PyPI)

MAL-2025-41789
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
pip uninstall trongridperm

What this malware does

Package appears to be designed for private key exfiltration, but no known usage. The name appears to be related to the cryptocurrency TRX (Tron / Tronix). Some packages additionally clone the readme of other, legit libraries. The similar packages are repeating uploaded to PyPI

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2025-04-tronix

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • exfiltration-generic

  • crypto-related

Malicious versions

1 flagged
0.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

323195e2b34d0b25a743c640086788e8fbf4d27e6e08d85ddba4e148c3fd33d8
2f31334bc0583d106e739a7300059f29b33e0aeef9f949fcfc29fdbbff1a48de
eb2deee7747ccb12e0b2da45c212a0678fc8a3f02bf72b8aba4508ae70e3e26a
77aa730d26597931d0bf90d7b1e9ae67b6ddb8e4b39314453df0e432e1357608
93fd4e0c69babf962120ebc9300faa6e8a1021136fe692ad5b437ed34b4acb84

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for trongridperm (version 0.0.1).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    trongridperm is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.

  3. Did it already run?

    If trongridperm was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Frequently asked questions

No. trongridperm on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.0.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2025-042872025-04-tronixRLUA-2026-00845

References

Credits

  • Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)
  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks trongridperm-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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trongridperm (PyPI) malicious package — MAL-2025-41789 | O3 Security